The Karnataka government is likely to make Tulu the second official language of the state after Kannada. A committee has been already constituted regarding it and it will soon submit the report to the state government. The demand to declare Tulu as the second official language is longstanding and in 2008, former CM BS Yediyurappa also said that Tulu will be declared as the official language. Apart from Kannada and Tulu, languages like Kodava, Byari and Koraga are also spoken in different areas of the state.